Bringing the House Down

Informationen zum Autor Ben Mezrich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House in addition to many other books, both fiction and non-fiction. The major motion picture 21 , starring Kevin Spacey, was based on Bringing Down the House . The Oscar-winning film The Social Network was adapted from The Accidental Billionaires. Mezrich lives in Boston with his wife and son. Klappentext Subtitled "The Inside Story Of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas For Millions". Fascinating true account of a team of brilliant mathematicians and physicists who won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas through card-counting. Spent six weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list . Zusammenfassung Bringing Down the House tells the true story of the most successful financial scam ever, in which teams of brilliant young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos and blackjack tables of Las Vegas, in the process getting drawn into the high life of drugs, sex and spending big.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Mezrich
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.05.2004
• EAN: 9780099468233
• ISBN: 978-0-09-946823-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Arrow Paperbacks; Arrow Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Nevada, True Crime, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / General, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / General